An Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) is required by the Wikimedia licensing policy for any Wikimedia project that hosts non-free content.

Some EDPs are listed at the Wikidata item: d:Q4391089 "Project:Exemption Doctrine Policy".

A manually maintained list exists below.

Note that, regardless of policy, some Wikimedia projects have zero local media files, and therefore have no non-free content. If the situation is permanent (e.g. because local upload was disabled), the policy may be superseded.

Lists of exemption doctrine policies and other information by Wikimedia project[edit]

Narrowly defined circumstances when no other option is or will be available and when it is necessary to understand the subject; cannot be used for decorative purposes; strongly discouraged for living people.

Some simple logos are uploaded using the tag "Bild-LogoSH". The design of such logos is below the threshold of originality. The copyright tag does not mention this clearly (to avoid complaints). Therefore, Bild-LogoSH is not a fair use but a public domain tag.
If the date of death of the creator is unknown, images are allowed if they are old enough. Some of these images can be non-free. These images are marked with Bild-PD-alt-100 or Bild-PD-alt-1923.

Allowed for logos, album covers, paintings and such, frames of films, deceased persons. Disallowed for living people and/or reproducible content. The criteria are the same as those on English Wikipedia, based on US copyright law. The Greek law has a provision that short excerpts of a work can be used for presentation, critical analysis, commentary etc.

Non-free images or music samples are allowed if 1) they are not replaceable by free content considering the purpose which they are serving in the article and 2) they are used in accordance with the quotation right of the Finnish copyright law. Historically significant non-free images are forbidden, as they could be replaced. Also non-free images of living people are forbidden.

Allows fair use and limited permissions from copyright holders. Fair use in Hungary is very limited, and only applies to "non-conventional" work types (e.g. screenshots), never photos or paintings. Limitations on namespace, resolution etc. are similar to those on English Wikipedia.

Unfree files are allowed if used for educational (or knowledge) purposes. No rationale required by the policy, currently on discussion [verify]. Thousands copyright violations; the wiki was notified of their non-compliance.

1) Allowed when no comparable file is on commons. 2) Short excerpts of a work can be used for critical analysis or commentary. 3) Pictures of buildings and artwork placed permanently outdoors with the photographers' permission. 4) Pictures of trademarks. 5) Documents from the Icelandic government. 6) Free images should be uploaded to commons. Note: All text on is.wiki, including information about images, has to be in Icelandic.

Non-free images are allowed if they are not replaceable by free content considering the purpose which they are serving in the article. Narrowly defined circumstances when no other option is or will be available and when it is necessary to understand the subject. Allowed only for: institutional logos (not associations or other logos), album covers, stamps and such, frames of films, deceased persons. Disallowed for living people. The Italian copyright law has a provision that short excerpts of a work can be used for presentation, critical analysis, commentary, etc.

Non-free images must be used only in the main namespace of the article directly referring to the subject of the image itself (not in templates, talk pages, user pages, etc) and cannot be used for decorative purposes.

1) This is a policy on usage of photographs portraying outdoor artwork, concerining freedom of panorama. §46 of Japanese copyright law allows non-commercial reproduction of artistic works located permanently in open places accessible by public, or where it could easily be seen by public. The use must be considered "fair use" regarding the US copyright. 2) This is an experimental policy on usages of images that are in the public domain in Japan but not in the United States because of URAA (Uruguay Round Agreement Act). The use must be considered "fair use" regarding the US copyright.

Similar to enwiki. Non-free content must have no free equivalent, must not hurt the copyrighted work's commercial value, must have been previously published elsewhere, must be used minimally, and is permitted only in article and incubator namespaces.

Similar to enwiki as the Philippines shares the same fair use doctrine of the United States, but modified to allow for the use of looser Philippine fair use interpretations in certain circumstances. Strongly discouraged for images of living people, and images of standing buildings are forbidden.

Like fa, ja defers to Japanese Wikipedia. However, it links to jawiki's general image use policy, not specifically to the EDP, so it is unclear if non-free media is accepted on Japanese Wikibooks. Some non-free media seems to exist.

Like br and fa, ja defers to Japanese Wikipedia. However, it links to jawiki's general image use policy, not specifically to the EDP, so it is unclear if non-free media is accepted on Japanese Wikiquote. Whatever the case, there is no non-free media present.

Policy was translated from English Wikivoyage and it describes fair use exemptions in multi countries, of copyrighted artwork and architecture. other free licensed works are allowed. (Consensus). Local upload was enabled with T102714.